Agency:
Pathology Services, Royal Hobart Hospital
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1936
End Date:
31 Dec 1978
Description:
A Pathalogical Laboratory was established at the Hospital, as part of the Department of Public Health as from the 1 July 1936. Dr C A Duncan being appointed to the position of Government Pathologist.;;At the end of 1963 the laboratory at the RHH moved to new quarters in the Out - Patients building giving more space and better working conditions. The old space was used to establish a new State Health Laboratory. ;;From the 1 August 1970 the Pathology Department of the Royal Hobart Hospital came under the control of a Committee known as the Pathology Services Committee. The previous Department of Pathology was divided into four departments, each with its own Director. These four departments shall be co-ordinated into a 'Pathology Services Department';;
Information Sources:
Annual Report. 1936 Department of Public Health, Parliamentary Paper 9 of 1936/38;;AE624/1/1 Minutes of the Pathology Services Committee
Controlling Agencies:
Royal Hobart Hospital (TA441) | 01 Jan 1820 |
Pathology Services Committee, Royal Hobart Hospital (TA1947) | 14 Aug 1970 | 24 Jun 1982 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Department of Forensic Pathology (TA1948) | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Series Created By Agency:
AA809 Miscellaneous Statistics on Deaths Obtained from Post Mortem Reports. | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1971 |
AA808 Post Mortem and Forensic Reports of the Government Pathologist. | 30 Jul 1936 | 08 Feb 1988 |